On a person level, I know that I could really benefit from exploring this concept. I wasn't raised with a fixed mindset but a lot of things in school come easy to me so I think I've sort of developed one. I'm terrified of failing. It's not so much in school but in life. I'm not a huge fan of looking stupid or making mistakes in front of people. I've been told that this makes me come off very WASP-y and like I'm going to ask to speak to your supervisor when people first meet me. I really hope I can work on this because I think people with a growth mindset probably have more fun.
I think that knowing about and educating myself on growth mindsets would be beneficial to me on a professional level, too. I plan to go into the business world eventually so I am currently a research assistant at the Industrial Organizational Research Lab which focuses on studying the workplace. We look at things motivation and leadership and I really think that studying the growth mindset in the workplace would be so interesting. Learning how it affects people outside of the school environment and in more of a real world setting would be fascinating! There are really so many different directions I could go with this and I actually kind of want to make it my research project.
